School of Medicine

Aesculapian Lectureship Award

The Lectureship awards may be made annually to a maximum of one (1) faculty member from each of Phase I, Phase IIA, Phase IIB, Phase IIC, and Phase IIE who is deemed to have made the most outstanding contribution to the education of students.

Nature of Award

The Lectureship awards may be made annually to a maximum of one (1) faculty member from each of Phase I, Phase IIA, Phase IIB, Phase IIC, and Phase IIE who is deemed to have made the most outstanding contribution to the education of students.

Nomination Criteria

Nominations are solicited from medical students as indicated above.

Nomination Procedure

Selection shall be made democratically in a manner devised by the outgoing class presidents. The award may be given to the same candidate more than once as an indication of a singular esteem and respect. Likewise, a class may choose to abstain from the giving of the award if it deems no suitable candidate is available.

Selection Process

The classes responsible for selecting the lectureship awards are as follows:

Term 1 - First year class

Term 2 - Second year class

Term 3 - Second year class

Phase II, Block C - Third year class

Phase II, Block E - Third year class

Presentation of Award

Awards are given at the annual general meeting of the Aesculapian Society. Each recipient shall receive a permanent record of their award and his/her name shall be engraved upon the permanent wall plaque to be kept on display.

PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award

The goal of the Clinical Teaching Award is to publicly acknowledge the essential role that clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians. Residents are asked to outline the qualities that make their nominee an excellent teacher including: positive role modeling, quality of bedside teaching, and interest in the trainees' personal development and well-being. PARO has presented these awards since 1983 and they are well recognized as a high standard of achievement.

This year's recipients are:

2016 - 2017 Barry Chan, General Internal Medicine

To learn more about the PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award.

Nature of Award

The Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario (PARO) was created in 1968 by interested housestaff to pursue improvements in matters of training, communication and remuneration for all internes and residents. PARO has always taken an interest in housestaff education. In order to highlight this important aspect of training, the PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award was established in 1983. The goal of the award is to publicly acknowledge the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of young physicians.

Nomination Criteria

Housestaff are asked to outline the qualities that make their nominee an excellent teacher including: patient care, quality of bedside teaching, and interest in the trainees' personal development and well-being. The response from the housestaff continues to be enthusiastic and the quality of nominees makes each year's decisions difficult.

Nomination Procedure

Nominations for the award come from the interns and residents themselves.

Selection Process

A panel of judges considers the nominations and makes its selection on the basis of information submitted on each candidate. Six winners across the province are selected (two in Toronto and one from each of the cities with medical schools).

Presentation of Award

The winners are honoured at a dinner in Toronto in the Spring and a donation of $1000 is made on their behalf to the charity of their choice.

PARO Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Resident

This year's recipient is:

2016 - 2017 Paige Hacking, Family Medicine

To learn more about the PARO Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Resident.

Nature of Award

The goal of the PARO Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Resident Award is to publicly acknowledge the essential role that clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians. Residents are asked to outline the qualities that make their nominee an excellent teacher including: positive role modeling, quality of bedside teaching, and interest in the trainees' personal development and well-being. PARO has presented these awards since 1983 and they are well recognized as a high standard of achievement.

Resident Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

This year's recipient is:

2016 - 2017 Julie Chan, Emergency Medicine

To learn more about the Resident Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Nature of Award

The Resident Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is an award established to recognize the substantial contribution to teaching in the Undergraduate Education Program by a Resident currently registered in the Postgraduate Education Program at Queen's University.

W. Ford Connell Award for Excellence in Teaching

To learn more about the W. Ford Connell Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Nature of Award

This is an annual award established by Squibb Canada Inc. in honour of Dr. W. Ford Connell, for a professor or instructor in the Faculty of Medicine who, in the opinion of the final year medical students, has made the most outstanding contribution to their undergraduate medical education.

E-Ward

To recognize outstanding achievement within the School of Medicine in the area of web-based resource development and implementation. Award winners receive $500 each. The award is sponsored by faculty member Dr. Benjamin Chen.

This year's recipients are:

No Longer Awarded

To learn more about the E-Ward.

Nature of Award

To recognize outstanding achievement within the School of Medicine in the area of web-based resource development and implementation. Award winners receive $500 each. The award is sponsored by faculty member Dr. Benjamin Chen.

Nomination Criteria

Any faculty or Aesculapian Society (AS) member can be nominated for this award if they were involved in the development of an online teaching resource within the past year. One student and one faculty member will be awarded the E-Ward annually. The winning student and faculty member may have worked together on the same project.

Nomination Procedure

Call for nominations will be made during the winter academic term by posting on Qmed.ca. Nominations to be submitted to the Vice President-Internal of the AS before published deadline. Any student or faculty within the School of Medicine may nominate a candidate.

Selection Process

Award winners will be selected by the AS-Awards Committee, made-up of AS Members and chaired by the VP-Internal.

Presentation of Award

Award presentation will be made at the Annual General Meeting of the AS in January.